Interactive Activity Sequence-network Diagrams



Time-use data of child caregivers obtained from the ATUS and the CTUS is visualized as a directed sequence-network diagram, with the rows being the primary activities and columns being time episodes. The thickness of node indicates the proportion of caregivers engaged in a primary activity during the time episode; and the number of parallel edges represents the share of caregivers involved in the same pair of start and end nodes. Since human eyes are built for pattern recognition, this approach of reorganizing and visualizing time-use data can facilitate an effective intuitive understanding of the complex structure of everyday temporalities. In this paper we used the visualization algorithm Sequence Braiding. Note that not all sequences were included in the visualization. Instead, we randomly selected 100 sequences for each of the three groups of caregivers to make the visual representation more accessible and improve its readability.



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Morning Peaks (06:00 - 10:00)


Figure 3.1 Activity Sequence-Network diagram of American child caregivers aged 15 or above

Figure 3.2 Activity Sequence-Network diagram of Chinese child caregivers aged 15 or 54





Figure 3.3 Activity Sequence-Network diagram of Chinese child caregivers aged 55 or above

Evening Peaks (18:00 - 22:00)

Figure 4.1 Activity Sequence-Network diagram of American child caregivers aged 15 or above


Figure 4.2 Activity Sequence-Network diagram of Chinese child caregivers aged 15 or 54




Figure 4.3 Activity Sequence-Network diagram of Chinese child caregivers d 55 or above